GAME PREVIEW: April 9 at Syracuse

April 9, 2022 Brian Coe
vs. Syracuse Cruch

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins pay their lone visit to Syracuse this season when they face off with the Crunch at 7pm on Saturday night.  

Wilkes Barre Scranton Penguins (31-27–4-4, 62 pts, .530%, 4th in Atlantic Division) at Syracuse Crunch (33-24-7-2, 75 pts, .568%, 3rd in North Division)

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SEASON SERIES

DATE TIME VISITING TEAM SCORE HOME TEAM SCORE RESULT
Fri., Feb. 27 SYR 3 WBS 4 Win (OT)
Fri., March 18 SYR 1 WBS 0 Loss
Sat., April 9 WBS SYR
Fri., April 29 WBS SYR

TEAM LEADERS

CATEGORY | PENGUINS | CRUNCH
GOALS | Alex Nylander – 20 | Gabriel Dumont – 25
ASSISTS | Juuso Riikola – 27 | Alex Barre-Boulet – 39
POINTS | Valtteri Puustinen – 37 | Alex Barre-Boulet – 55
PIM | Jordy Bellerive – 96 | Gabriel Dumont – 88
WINS | Louis Domingue – 10 | Max Lagace – 16
GAA | Louis Domingue – 2.45 | Max Lagace – 2.70

NEWS AND NOTES

Wilkes Barre Scranton Penguins

Sam Poulin has points in seven of his past nine games, and goals in four of his past five.

Felix Robert carries a four-game point streak (2+2=4) into Saturday night’s game.

Drew O’Connor has a four-game points streak (2+4=6) and points in six of his past seven games.

Michael Chaput had his four-game goal streak snapped in Wednesday night’s win over the Phantoms.

Jonathan Gruden has points in five of his past six games.

Louis Domingue has posted a season-high three straight wins entering Saturday night’s action.


Syracuse Crunch

The Crunch returned to Syracuse on Friday night to face the Springfield Thunderbirds after a four-game road swing, during which they went 2-1-1-0.

Alex Barré-Boulet picked up nine points (4+5) during the Crunch’s recent road swing, logging three point games on back-to-back nights against the Hartford Wolf Pack and Providence Bruins. 

With three assists last night against the Thunderbirds, Barré-Boulet extended his point-streak to a season-high six games, including four straight multi-point outings.  He has 10 multi-point performances in the last 19 games since March 2, posting 30 points (13+17) in that span, to lead the entire AHL.


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